T'was the night before election and all through the land everyone was wondering, was the election in hand?
"Never!" yelled McCain on TV, "ditto" cried Palin, "there's simply no way our campaign is fail'n."
I sat in my living room, remote by my side, the phone off the hook, I was trying to hide.
When out though the window I heard such a chatter, I went to go see just what was the matter.
I spied out the window and across the great lawn, a mob of angry folks surrounding Sarah and John.
"They're Commies! They're terrorists! They'll tax you to death!" came from the crowd with each angry breath.
"He's Muslim! He's foreign! He's elite even worse!" One yelled the N-word in one spiteful curse.
"Down with Obama, down with Biden, off with their heads! ...The country can't handle them, they're better off dead!"
I stood there in horror, how could this be, but standing there in the middle was Palin smiling with glee.
"Liberals hate America and freedom and folks who love God," exclaimed the VP pick with a wink and a nod.
I couldn't believe the mobs violent reaction and that Sarah's sharp words could have so much virulant attraction.
All I could do is hang my head down in shame, that this once respectable party would play such a game.
These unsavory tactics, they work I confess, but eight years of this crap is what got us in this mess.
Barking Dingo is the political thought diary of of staunch, staunch moderate (ok, leaning a little to the left). I am a recovering McCain 2000 supporter who is now ashamed to have ever touted his virtues
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What Obama has promised on the campaign trail:
* "give a tax break to 95 percent of Americans who work every day and get taxes taken out of their paycheck every week";
* "eliminate income taxes on Social Security for seniors making under $50,000";
* "give homeowners and working parents additional tax breaks";
* not increase taxes on anyone if they "make under $250,000; you will not see your taxes increase by a single dime –- not your income taxes, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains tax";
* "end those breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas";
* "give tax breaks to companies that invest right here in the United States";
* "eliminate capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-up companies that are the engine of job creation in this country";
* "create two million new jobs by rebuilding our crumbling roads, and bridges, and schools -- by laying broadband lines to reach every corner of the country";
* "invest $15 billion a year in renewable sources of energy to create five million new energy jobs over the next decade";
* "reopen old factories, old plants, to build solar panels, and wind turbines";
* build "a new electricity grid";
* "build the fuel efficient cars of tomorrow";
* "eliminate the oil we import from the Middle East in 10 years";
* "lower premiums" for those who already have health insurance;
* "if you don't have health insurance, you'll be able to get the same kind of health insurance that members of Congress give themselves";
* "end discrimination by insurance companies to the sick and those who need care the most";
* "invest in early childhood education";
* "recruit an army of new teachers";
* "pay our teachers higher salaries, give them more support. But ... also demand higher standards and more accountability";
* "make a deal with every young person who's here and every young person in America: If you are willing to commit yourself to national service, whether it's serving in our military or in the Peace Corps, working in a veterans home or a homeless shelter, then we will guarantee that you can afford to go to college no ifs ands or buts";
* "stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq whole the Iraqis have a huge surplus";
* "end this war in Iraq";
* "finish the fight and snuff out al Qaeda and bin Laden";
* "increase our ground troops and our investments in the finest fighting force in the world";
* "invest in 21st century technologies so that our men and women have the best training and equipment when they deploy into combat and the care and benefits they have earned when they come home";
* "No more homeless veterans"; and
* "no more fighting for disability payments."
LOL... "NO NEW TAXES!!!!" Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Love him? Hate him? How do YOU feel about our soon to be former President? Take part in a chance to immortalize your views in book form by visiting http://goodbyegeorgew.com/ and letting your opinion be read!
Check out the following article about http://goodbyegeorgew.com/:
Cyber Send Off for Bush Sparks Hope for Movement for Democratic Voice in USA
When I entered the http://www.goodbyegeorgew.com website I was struck by the comic depiction of George W. assumedly on his way back to Texas, “gettin’ outta Dodge.” I read the sample letters to Bush, which I heartily agreed with, sticking it to him but good and then I clicked over to the virtual store. While politically collectible and good for holiday gifting, there were only a few things, and reasonably priced. Nobody was out to make a killing here.
“What is it that motivated this website?” - I wondered out loud to my two kittens rolled up beside me as I sat propped against the bed board with my laptop in front of me.
I suppose I’ve become the product of the same system I have worked against for so many years as an activist and avowed socialist at that, expecting everything to be based in the profit motive.
And why shouldn’t I expect that? After all we just had eight years of a White House run almost exclusively for profit. And I don’t mean only for the profit of the big banks that run the economy. Bush and Cheney went over the top, enriching the very companies in which the cabal of cronies running the government had major shares and no one has cared enough to stop them. They did it in Iraq. They did it through sewing fear at home with the notion of the homeland security state. They even did it with Hurricane Katrina. Government has been downsized, even the Pentagon. The role of governing has been privatized with no-bid sub-contractors profiting the same guys running the country! Once again, so much for the oath to uphold the Constitution and safeguard the public trust.
So then, in today’s world, as perverse as it has become, why should http://www.goodbyegeorgew.com not be selling me something? I made contact with the people running the site and found the unexpected.
The Georgia-native, Kate Wheeler and her daughter Ashley had had enough of being walked on by politicians and they figured that a lot of other people felt the same. Lifted by the recent rout of Republicans from the White House and Capitol Hill they were motivated to act.
“People need the chance to say what’s on their minds after putting up with what we have all gone through in this country. Bush stole the first election and the Democrats and the mainstream media let him. Things only went downhill from there,” Wheeler asserted.
“With our website we are letting people tell George W. what they really think about him and it’s about time. So far the response has been terrific but we want the message to be really loud, not just so that Bush hears it. We want all of Washington, Republicans and Democrats alike to know that the American People are expecting real change in this country. The George W. Goodbye Movement is going to grow into a movement making sure that that change takes place,” Wheeler said.
It was a nice surprise from the creator of http://www.goodbyegeorgew.com. Wheeler encourages everyone, even Bush supporters, to click on and write their fond farewells. Later the letters will be immortalized in a book, documenting public opinion of the George W. Bush presidency. More than anything this website looks to move people to act and participate in holding those that govern accountable for what they do. I know I’ll be clicking in and writing my letter over the weekend
Howard The Red Nosed Moonbat
Howard the red-nosed moonbat
had a very polished nose.
And if you ever saw him
you would even say it snows.
All of the other moonbats
Ask him to lead them in their game.
They always want Dean Howard
Leading them to the hall of shame.
On November's election eve
Barack came to say:
Howie with your plan not bright
won't you take a hike tonight?
Now all the moonbats hate him,
As they cower, run and flee!
Howie the red nosed moonbat
Will be ancient history.
Posted by mystere's moonbat slayer club.
Slightly to the left Dingo? I'll say FAR LEFT Dingo!
Jenn of the Jungle: Nice Reply! You go girl! Jenn rocks big time!
Now Dingo, if you'd like to see the pictures that go with Howie The Red Nosed Moonbat, you'll see it on my blog. Ho Ho Ho!
Dingo,
You write some good stuff. I linked to one of your pieces in 2005, your most prolific year, but I notice your publishing has diminished since than.
I may or may not get back with you, but I encourage you to clean up your blogroll and get with it again. The new president needs all the moderates he can get to help heal the partisan scar tissues of the last administration.
Thanks for your comment Hoots. I have changed jobs and actually have to work for a living now. Hopefully I will get back into it soon, but honestly, after the years of ranting during Bush, it is nice to take a break.
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